After the hot water was ready, Yong Ruo went to the kitchen to fetch water for Feng Liao to wash his face.
Feng Liao actually followed her step by step, seeing her wash the basin twice, she nodded in satisfaction.
Under the eaves outside the kitchen, there is a wooden shelf for the washbasin. There are two short bamboo poles stuck on the wall, and a rope is tied between the bamboo poles, on which four washcloths are hung to dry.
Everyone in the Yong family washed their faces with the same handkerchief.
After Yong Ruochuan came here, he really couldn't bear this, so he took advantage of the convenience of the head of the house to tear up two feet of coarse white cloth and made four washcloths, one for each person, each with a different mark.
Yong Ruo put the washing water on the basin shelf under the eaves and put it on the shelf, then tore off Yong Qiao's veil and handed it to Feng Liao.
Feng Liao didn't pick it up, and asked, "Who used this handkerchief?"
"My younger brother Yongqiao's."
Feng Liao immediately frowned in disgust: "I don't use his handkerchief! Who knows if he got his nose on it?" Salivating and smiling at Yong Ruo, "I'll use yours! Which is your handkerchief?" ?”
Yong Ruo showed hesitation—she is not used to sharing a towel with others!
Feng Liao's face immediately became angry: "You think I'm dirty?"
How dare Yong Ruo admit it? He hurriedly said: "You won't think Mr. Feng is dirty even if you think anyone is dirty! But I am a daughter's family after all, how can there be any reason for a 'man' to wash his face with my handkerchief?"
Feng Liao thought about it, she was right!
His face returned to normal, he sighed, and took out his handkerchief from his sleeve: "I'd better use my own handkerchief!"
After scrubbing her hands and face, Feng Liao sighed comfortably, and then asked Yong Ruo: "Surely you don't have balm for hands and face, do you?"
Yong Ruo smiled: "My lord is wise!"
Seeing that Feng Liao just left the handkerchief in the basin, she went to wash it twice, wrung out the handkerchief, and hung it on the rope. He rinsed the basin again and poured out the wash water.
Seeing her actions, Feng Liao was slightly stunned. After she finished drying the veil, she said uncomfortably, "I'll ask someone to bring some of the things you don't have here tomorrow." She turned and walked towards the main room.
Yong Ruo followed behind him, feeling that Young Master Feng was acting too close and intimate today!
"You don't get paid for nothing, how can I ask for your things for nothing?" She refused.
"I plan to dig up your plum tree by the root and plant it in my mansion. Naturally, I will exchange it with something of equivalent value. Little things like tea and ointment are just a little extra."
When Feng Liao said this, she turned around and looked at the plum tree in the yard. Then he didn't go to the main room, but turned around and walked under the plum tree to look at the flowers.
Yong Ruo saw that he wanted to see the flowers, so he went to light the lanterns, intending to hang the lanterns on the plum branches, so that Mr. Feng could take a closer look at the plum blossoms.
At this time, the plum blossoms have already withered a little, if you don’t look at them, you will have to wait until next year!
While lighting the lantern, she pondered in her heart: Mr. Feng's words just now are a bit strange! He wanted the plum tree, why didn't he say "bought it at a high price", but used such a strange way of saying "exchange it for something of equivalent value"
I prefer silver to cut? !
Or, Mr. Feng is using flowers as a metaphor, because he was divorced, his concubine heart has revived
Thinking of this, Yong Ruo unconsciously twitched a little smile. As soon as the smile unfolded, she was startled, and immediately stopped and asked herself: Why do I laugh when I think of this question? ! I laughed involuntarily, it must be because I was happy... why should I be happy? !
A flash of enlightenment flashed in her heart!
At this moment, she seems to have felt: being a concubine to Mr. Feng is not unacceptable!
First of all, Mr. Feng likes her, even if he won't be in love for a long time, with his displayed character, he probably won't turn his face and be ruthless after she falls out of favor. As long as she is sensible and doesn't attract the disgust of those "more noble" people, it is probably not impossible to live a stable life after falling out of favor.
Perhaps, she can also ask for a farm, and go to live the pastoral life of this era after falling out of favor
Secondly, Mr. Feng doesn't dislike her, she still has a little affection for him, so it's not that unbearable to sleep with him.
Thirdly, if she entered Mr. Feng's back house, the chances of being exposed to sterilization drugs and saving Zhou's family would be greatly increased. Zhou's situation will no longer be as desperate as it is now!
Regarding concubines, Yongruo's own views are more objective and tolerant, unlike many people in the previous life, who thought that concubines were mistresses who shouted to be beaten and killed.
She believes that in the face of the competition for survival, it is everyone's instinct to strive for more survival resources for herself and her descendants.
In ancient times, women had no way to work, earn money, or compete in the workplace by themselves. The only way for them to fight for survival resources was to rely on men. Being a concubine depends on a man, and being a wife also depends on a man. What choice to make depends only on the resources and opportunities they possess, and there is no need to judge their behavior with modern morals, ethics and social rules.
What's more, whether to be a wife or a concubine, the vast majority of women living in ancient times actually had no right to choose.
She used to think she had a choice.
At that time, she hadn't experienced the shock of a thief entering the house, she hadn't endured the humiliation of being rejected and divorced even when she was happy in the past, she hadn't experienced the aggrieved anger and powerlessness of Luo Tong and Wu's family carrying corpses to make trouble, blackmailing with corpses, So she didn't want to bend her knees, and resisted being a concubine for Mr. Feng, so she chose the Yang family according to her own ideas...
But reality gave her a blow in the head!
Today, as a divorced woman, she has been greatly devalued in the marriage market. Who else could she marry? !
Not getting married is impossible, unless she becomes a nun and lives the life of a monk.
She had long since given up on farming mode. A woman who doesn't want to have children, what kind of field should she farm? ! Waiting to be rejected by her in-laws and divorced by her husband? What's more, she doesn't think the poor are necessarily more ethical than the rich.
Most of the poor don't take concubines, not because they are loyal to their wives, but because they don't have the spare money to take concubines.
Once the living conditions of the family improve, those who have been poor for a long time and become rich are afraid that they will be more promiscuous than those men who are already rich, and they will make their wives even more desperate. Is the phrase "rich and easy wife, expensive and easy friend" for nothing
Now the best way she can choose is to become a concubine for Mr. Feng!
To be a concubine...
Yong Ruo sighed faintly, let out a deep breath, and then slowly cheered up!
All right! No more entanglement, no more hesitation, just go and be a concubine for Mr. Feng!
Think of it as talking about a love that is destined to break up!
It's normal to break up after a failed relationship. In the world of her previous life, separation and reunion were very common. How many people married their first love
When Mr. Feng's feelings for her change and fade away, when he is going to marry another woman, she will let her go!
What to do at that time, we will talk about it at that time. Anyway, there will be no children, she can advance and retreat freely!
She didn't expect Feng Liao to only guard her for the rest of her life.
But she hopes that she can spend a happy time with him when his feelings are the most sincere and strong, and take it as a little comfort from traveling to this era!
"Are you willing to part with this plum tree?" Feng Liao looked away from the plum blossoms and turned to look at her, with an expectation in his tone that he didn't realize.
"I'm not willing!" Yong Ruo said, looking at the plum tree. The plum blossoms on this plum tree have probably changed her fate in this life and have special meaning to her.
"Why are you reluctant?"
"If there is no plum tree, how can the little girl have the fate to meet the young master?"
Feng Liao's face turned red, from the neck to the ears.
He looked around in embarrassment, strong embarrassment and joy intertwined and permeated his face.
He was afraid to look at Yong Ruo, and after a while, he looked up at the plum tree and said, "I have seen all four seasons flowers and trees before. I have seen plum blossoms that bloom better than this, but I have never liked it as much as now Plum blossoms. I have read many poems about plum blossoms before, but I never really cared about them or understood them. It wasn’t until the night I met a girl that I suddenly understood what it meant to be “pretending to be a little red peach and apricot color.” , I still have a lonely and thin snow-shuang posture', what is a 'plum blossom'... Since then, I have loved this red plum blossom..."
It's not the first time that Young Master Feng compared her to a red plum blossom!
After hearing this, Yong Ruo was still very happy. I thought again: Since I am going to be a concubine for Mr. Feng, can I play with this character design? After all, this persona fits pretty well with me, and the risk of the persona collapsing is greatly reduced.
"I also like red plum blossoms!" she said, "In the world of ice and snow, when everything is in depression, such bright and vivid, proud and vigorous, are enough to illuminate the universe."
Feng Liao listened to her quietly, thought for a while, nodded slightly, looked at her sideways, and said meaningfully: "That's right! The beauty of red plums is enough to illuminate the universe!"
Yong Qiao and Yong Miao were in the kitchen and the main room; Su Mingjian, Luo Bu and other guards had disappeared somewhere.
In the quiet courtyard, there are only Fengliao and Yongruo. They stood quietly under the red plum tree, smelling the faint fragrance of plum, surrounded by a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
After a while, Feng Liao took a deep breath quietly, put her hands behind her back, clasped her fingers tightly together, turned to face Yong Ruo, restrained her violent heartbeat, and summoned up her courage to say: "Miss Yong, The next thing is... I am in love with you... I want to do my best to marry you... "
After saying this, he felt that his cheeks were already smoldering, and his heart seemed to be jumping out, and even the strands of his hair were ashamed!
But he ignored it and forced himself to finish what he wanted to say: "Girl, would you... marry me?"
Yong Ruo looked at him in surprise. This... Is this a marriage proposal? !
Did she hear correctly? Mr. Feng said "marry you as a wife" instead of "take you as a concubine"
She widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say?" She suspected that she was distracted just now and misheard!
Feng Liao took a deep breath, tried to stabilize her trembling body and tone, and tried to speak coherently: "I want to marry you! Will you marry me?"
Yong Ruo was tongue-tied, his eyebrows were raised high, his eyes were wide open, and he was completely stunned! Marry her... as a wife? !
She just decided to be Mr. Feng's concubine, but Mr. Feng said that he wanted to marry her? !
What happened? !
The dim light from the lantern shone on her face, and her unconcealable stunned look was clearly reflected in Feng Liao's eyes.
An extremely pleasant smile gradually spread from his eyes, filling his entire face and person.
"You don't believe it?" he asked with a smile.
"I'm surprised!" she murmured back.
"Why are you surprised?"
"The young master only wanted to take me as a concubine before? Why did you suddenly say you want to marry me?"
"I just figured it out!" Feng Liao looked up at the plum blossoms on the branches. She was beautiful and aloof, cold and vigorous, and said with some emotion, "Since I love the character of plum blossoms, I shouldn't miss the splendor of spring flowers. Because Plum blossoms that are proud of the snow and the frost, and the plum blossoms blooming alone in Ling Han cannot coexist with the garden full of spring! You can’t have both fish and bear’s paws, a wise man should know the choice... "
He looked at her with sincere and open eyes, hot and calm: "Miss Yong, I choose you and give up...all the beauty in the world!"